Best Christiane Zwick Podcasts (2024)

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Ed Zwick on Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions 49:51

1d ago49:51

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at work…

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Robert P Kolker and Marsha Gordon talk Film, Form and Culture 57:17

9d ago57:17

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This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture by Robert P Kolker and Marsha Gordon offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. Additional resources for students and teachers can be found on the eResource, which includes case studies, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Get the book HERE. Support thi…

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Neil Alcock talks Hitchcock and Hitchology 50:45

16d ago50:45

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MURDER! MOTHERS! MEN ON THE RUN! Film fans know these are just a few key ingredients of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies. When Hitchcock fused these elements with his innovative directorial approach, that blend of familiar themes and stylistic ingenuity became known as ‘Hitchcockian’. In a refreshingly original way, HITCHOLOGY considers how Hitchcock used…

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Oscar Winning Screenwriter Bruce Rubin talks about his Life 1:06:48

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Bruce Joel Rubin is the Oscar winning screenwriter of Brainstorm, Ghost and Jacob's Ladder among others. His memoir It's Only a Movie is availbale here. And his book Three Visionary Screenplays is also available via this link. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Christian Esquevin talks Designing Hollywood 46:59

1M ago46:59

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Since the 1920s, fashion has played a central role in Hollywood. As the movie-going population consisted largely of women, studios made a concerted effort to attract a female audience by foregrounding fashion. Magazines featured actresses like Jean Harlow and Joan Crawford bedecked in luxurious gowns, selling their glamour as enthusiastically as th…

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Tom Shone on the Oscars and Dune Part 2 1:21:13

1M ago1:21:13

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Tom Shone is the bestselling author of The Nolan Variations, among several other books on cinema. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Stephen Lee Naish on Dennis Hopper, film director 1:03:35

1M ago1:03:35

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Stephen's book is availble here. Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative, signpost the era in which the films were made, and delineate the characters’ place within American culture. This book explores five of Hopper’s films to show how this deep engagement with music to build chara…

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Kubrick: an Odyssey 1:04:31

2M ago1:04:31

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The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange, presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking film-maker. The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. This …

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Ellen E. Jones on Screen Deep 1:06:42

2M ago1:06:42

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Screen Deep:How film and TV can solve racism and save the world is a book about the immense potential of screen storytelling to defeat an evil both historic and urgently topical: racism. Everyone watches TV and movies. Everyone has an interest in building a more just and equitable world. Screen Deep goes beyond the many film books and anti-racist m…

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Michael Schulman on the Oscar Wars 1:08:12

2M ago1:08:12

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From Harper Collins: A Best Book of 2023 The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama. America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfect…

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From the Archives: Ti Singh is Born to Be Bad 57:58

2M ago57:58

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Timon Singh is the author of Born to Be Bad and Born to Be Bad Part 2. He is also a writer and producer on the film In Search of the Last Action Heroes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Beatles v James Bond 1:07:50

3M ago1:07:50

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From Simon and Schuster: A deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche—the Beatles and the Bond films—and what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspirations over sixty dramatic years. The Beatles are the biggest band in the history of pop music. James Bond is the single most successful movi…

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From the Tromsø International Film Festival 42:34

3M ago42:34

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I speak to programmer and board member John-Kristian Dalseth, head of the Sami Film Institute Anne Lajla Utsi, Artistic Director of TIFF Lisa Hoen and film director Ethan Coen at the northern most film festival in the world: the Tromsø International Film Festival. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See ac…

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The Last Action Heroes 1:03:58

3M ago1:03:58

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The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator, and more. “This book takes you so close to the action that you can smell the sweat, cigar smoke, and bad cologne that brought these movies to life.”—Paul Scheer A NEWSWEEK B…

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Sam Wasson talks Francis Ford Coppola 59:57

3M ago59:57

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The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with the definitive account of Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-long dream to reinvent American filmmaking, if not the entire world, through his production company American Zoetrope. Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great Amer…

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Bonus Episode: Cinema Italia 1:07:42

4M ago1:07:42

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Chief film critic of The Hollywood Reporter David Rooney joins John Bleasdale to talk about Federico Fellini's 1957 masterpiece Le Notti di Cabiria, Nights of Cabiria, starring Giulietta Masina as a sex worker in a Rome on the edge of La Dolce Vita. Massina won Best Actress at Cannes and the film was the second Oscar in a row for Fellini. Support t…

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From the Archives: Tales from Development Hell with David Hughes 1:10:31

4M ago1:10:31

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In this episode I talk to David Hughes, a journalist turned screenwriter who is also the author of a number of books on cinema. The Greatest Science Fiction Film Never Made and Tales from Development Hell are two riveting reads about all the films that almost got made and their tortured pre-production history. We also talk Stanley Kubrick (briefly)…

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Happy Christmas Movies, Jeremy Arnold 1:09:08

4M ago1:09:08

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Jeremy Arnold is the author of Christmas in the Movies (Revised & Expanded Edition): 35 Classics to Celebrate the Season (Turner Classic Movies) Now revised and expanded with more beloved films and loads of special features and photos across 70+ pages of new content, this is the must-have viewing guide for the holidays, showcasing the greatest and …

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Connery - a novel 9:34

4M ago9:34

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The first chapter of a new series CONNERY - A Fiction. Connery was written by John Bleasdale, performed by Cai Ross with music by Two Minute Noodles. Their music is available here. Further episodes are available from wherever you get your podcasts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy …

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From the Archives: Paul Cronin's Guide for the Perplexed 1:28:41

4M ago1:28:41

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John Bleasdale talks to Paul Cronin about his books on Werner Herzog and Abbas Kiarostami and his work on Alexander MacKendrick. We also talk story structure, the history of the Faber Film Books and screenwriting. In many ways this becomes a much broader conversation and encompasses much about storytelling and what makes a film a film. Check out Pa…

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Cai Ross talks The Prisoner and Connery 1:07:42

5M ago1:07:42

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Cai Ross along with Chris Bainbridge is the author of Free for All and the co-host of the podcast of the same name, exploring all things The Prisoner related. He is also the voice of the new podcast written by Writers on Film host John Bleasdale Connery. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…

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Jem Duducu talks Napoleon 1:08:31

5M ago1:08:31

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Jem Duducu talks Ridley Scott's new film Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Virginia Kirkby. Jem is the host of the Condensed Histories podcast, the author of Hollywood and History and The Napoleonic Wars in a Hundred Facts. Jem’s first love has always been history, ever since he saw the Sutton Hoo helmet as a small boy. He now works as a freel…

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From the Archive: Talking memoirs with Gabriel Byrne 47:38

5M ago47:38

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John Bleasdale talks to actor, producer, director and author Gabriel Byrne about his autobiography. Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne. 'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' – Colm Tóibín As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a wo…

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Mark Wheeler on Sorcerer 1:25:47

5M ago1:25:47

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William Friedkin’s film Sorcerer (1977) has been subject to a major re-evaluation in the last decade. A dark re-imagining of the French Director H.G. Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) (based on George Arnaud’s novel); the film was a major critical and commercial failure on its initial release. Friedkin’s work was castigated…

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Pamela Hutchinson talks The Red Shoes 1:21:55

5M ago1:21:55

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Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to leave them with troubling questions. Representing the climax of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's celebrated run of six exceptional feature films, t…

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Nancy Schoenberger talks Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor 1:07:13

6M ago1:07:13

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The definitive story of Hollywood's most famous couple. He was a tough-guy Welshman softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman; she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty, and their fiery romanceoften called …

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Tom Shone talks the return of the auteur blockbusters 1:19:26

6M ago1:19:26

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Author of The Nolan Variations and Martin Scorsese, Tom Shone is one of the best film writers out there and a great friend of the podcast. He returns to cast his eye over the releases this year and to talk Oppenheimer and the films of Paul Greengrass, who will be the subject of his next book. Please like, leave a review, subscribe etc. Support this…

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Carol Baum on Creative Producing 1:05:18

6M ago1:05:18

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Buy a copy of Carol's book here. Go behind the scenes with the producer of Father of the Bride to learn all the skills necessary to be a top Hollywood producer As former co-president of Dolly Parton's production company, Sandollar, and as a successful independent producer, Carol Baum is an expert in the art of film production. Creative Producing pr…

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Robert Sellers on the Greatest Year in Cinema History 1:12:26

6M ago1:12:26

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1971 was a great year for cinema. Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Nicolas Roeg and Steven Spielberg, among many others, were behind the camera, while the stars were also out in force. Warren Beatty, Marlon Brando, Michael Caine, Julie Christie, Se…

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Demetrios Matheou talks Means Streets at 50 1:06:29

7M ago1:06:29

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Mean Streets was Martin Scorsese's third feature film, and the one that confirmed him as a major new talent. On its premiere at the New York Film Festival in 1973, the critic Pauline Kael hailed the film as 'a true original of our period, a triumph of personal film-making'. The tale of combative friends and small-time crooks is set amid the bars, p…

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Clint Eastwood by Ian Nathan 1:06:44

7M ago1:06:44

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Clint Eastwood is Hollywood’s elder statesman and its conscience. He is the standard by which other films and filmmakers are judged. He represents both classical Hollywood and an entirely modern, uncompromising and unfussy directorial presence. There are those who adore him as a cowboy, a superstar, the rugged, unyielding yet introspective face of …

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Chris Yogerst talks The Warner Brothers 58:44

7M ago58:44

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Friend of the podcast and cultural historian Chris Yogerst critically celebrates the century of Warner Bros by looking at the family behind the studio The Warner Brothers. You can buy your copy here (among other outlets). And Chris recommended Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye and Scott Eyman's upcoming Charlie Chaplin biography. Support this show http:…

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Jem Duducu talks Hollywood and History 1:22:42

7M ago1:22:42

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Jem Duducu talks Hollywood v History. Buy his new book here. And listen to his podcast here. Here's the blurb of his book: There is no shortage of Hollywood films about historical events, but what do the movies actually get right, and why do they get so much wrong? Hollywood loves a story: good guys versus bad guys, heroes winning the day, and the …

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In conversation with Lawrence Grobel 1:20:39

8M ago1:20:39

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Lawrence Grobel is a freelance writer who has written 31 books and for numerous national magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, Newsday, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Reader's Digest, American Way, Parade, Details, TV Guide, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Penthouse, Diversion, Writer's Digest, and AARP. He has been a contributing ed…

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Molly Haskell talks film criticism, feminism and cinephilia 56:19

8M ago56:19

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Molly Haskell is a legend of film criticism. A critic for the Village Voice, she also is one of the earliest most powerful voices in feminist film criticism, with her ground-breaking work From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies as well as books on Spielberg and Gone with the Wind. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wr…

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James Peaty on Summer Blockbusters and Oppenheimer 1:25:20

8M ago1:25:20

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James Peaty and John Bleasdale talk about the summer release and particularly the success of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Peaty has written for publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics in the US as well as Rebellion Publishing and Titan Comics in the UK. During that time he has written for titles including The Batman …

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Jeanine Basinger talks film history, Hollywood and the Star Machine 1:22:23

8M ago1:22:23

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Clint Eastwood called her “Truly one of my favorite people.” Her former students include Michael Bay, Joss Whedon, Laurence Mark, Akiva Goldsman, Paul Weitz, Marc Shmuger and Alex Kurtzman. She's written a dozen books and recently co-authored Hollywood: An Oral History with Sam Wasson (friend of the podcast, read his essay on Jeanine here). Jeanine…

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Josh Winning Burns the Negative 1:00:15

8M ago1:00:15

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Josh Winning is a writer and film critic. Bur the book here. The Blurb ABOUT BURN THE NEGATIVE In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse that haunted it is reawakened. Arriving in L.A. to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren witnesses a man jumping from a b…

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Jason Isralowitz and Hitchcock's Wrong Man 58:00

8M ago58:00

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Nothing To Fear: Alfred Hitchcock And The Wrong Men To buy click on this link. Alfred Hitchcock is not often associated with a social justice movement. But in 1956, the world’s most famous director focused his lens on an issue that cuts to the heart of our criminal justice system: the risk of wrongful conviction. The result was The Wrong Man, a wre…

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Warren Buckland asks: Who wrote Citizen Kane? 49:39

9M ago49:39

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Who wrote Citizen Kane? Orson Welles and Herman Mankiewicz or Herman Makiewicz and Orson Welles? Or David Fincher. Scholar and film writer Warren Buckland turns to the evidence and away from the prejudice to resolve the question once and for all. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo…

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Sarah Welch-Larson talks Becoming Alien 1:01:43

9M ago1:01:43

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The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection of genre movies ranging from horror to war to farce. But on closer examination, the threads that bind together these films are strong and undeniable. The series is a model of Catherine Keller’s…

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Kaleem Aftab Does the Right Thing 59:57

9M ago59:57

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Kaleem Aftab talks about his career as a high flying journalist, publishing in The Independent and Variety among many others. He also talks about his authorship of a 'As told by' biography of Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it. And gives his book recommendation. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on …

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Matt Pais talks '90s with Me 1:07:25

9M ago1:07:25

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Get the book here. “Matt Pais deserves four stars for reintroducing us to many of the greatly talented but often unsung heroes of 1990s film. This is a terrific read.”—RICHARD ROEPER “Even if you’re drowning in pop culture nostalgia, Pais’ book is a fun, insightful and informative life raft.”—ROBERT K. ELDER, author of The Film That Changed My Life…

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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Report 2 47:12

9M ago47:12

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The second part of my report on Karlovy Vary with conversations featuring Karel Och, artistic director of the festival, Ben Dalton of Screen, Deadline writer Damon Wise and Ben Nicholson from The Verdict. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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William J Mann on Bogie and Bacall 1:01:25

9M ago1:01:25

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From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love story—the romance between Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart—capturing its complexity, contradictions, and challenges as never before. In Bogie & Bacall, William Mann offers a deep and comprehensive look at Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart…

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Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Part I 33:04

10M ago33:04

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John Bleasdale talks to a host of great writers attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It includes Wendy Ide, Leigh Singer, Hugo Emmerzael and Marcus Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Alan Dean Foster: the Poet Laureate of the Novelisation 1:24:21

10M ago1:24:21

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John Bleasdale talks to Alan Dean Foster, the poet laureate of the novelisation as well as a novelist of original fantasy and science fiction. He has recently published his memoirs The Director Should've Shot You available here. For more information and updates visit his website. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted …

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Joseph McBride talks Billy Wilder 1:30:40

10M ago1:30:40

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Joseph McBride returns to Writers on Film to talk about his new book on the films of Billy Wilder. But this wide-ranging discussion doesn't stop there. Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge is available here. The director and cowriter of some of the world's most iconic films―including Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment―…

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Kyle Turner talks The Queer Film Guide 1:01:00

10M ago1:01:00

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Happy Pride Month: Writers on Film talks with Kyle Turner on his amazing book The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Films the tell LGBTQIA+ Stories "Kyle Turner has selected 100 of cinema’s greatest queer films that are often overlooked but foundational to the art form and the wider culture. Starting in early cinema with trailblazers like Making a Man of…

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Joseph Aisenberg on Brian De Palma's Carrie 1:02:43

11M ago1:02:43

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Joseph Aisenberg is a writer and novelist. His book on Carrie is available in a new updated version here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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